Labour Party has mourned the passing away of Doyin Okupe.
Epe Insights had reported earlier that Doyin Okupe, a Nigerian politician and medical doctor, who once served as a presidential aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, died at age 72.
A report filed by Sahara Reporters quoted family sources to have said that Okupe died after he had been seriously ill for several weeks.
According to the report, Okupe’s health got worse recently, causing worry among his family and supporters before he died.
It was gathered that Doyin Okupe died from cancer after a long battle with the disease. In October 2023, Okupe was hospitalised with prostate cancer and went to Israel for treatment, but his condition didn’t improve as hoped.
Okupe was first diagnosed with prostate cancer 16 years ago and later developed another type of cancer (sarcoma) in his right shoulder.
Reacting to Okupe’s death in a condolence message issued in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, the National Chairman of LP, Julius Abure, described Okupe, who was the Director-General of the LP Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 election, as a “great personality.”
The Labour Party National Chairman recalled how the late Ogun State elder statesman first served as a placeholder for the party’s vice presidential candidacy before he ‘honourably’ relinquished it with the understanding that such position should be zoned to the North.
Abure said, “Before joining Labour Party in 2022, Okupe had played key roles in Nigerian politics, having served as the National Publicity Secretary of the National Republican Convention. However, his active participation in LP’s push for the 2023 presidency clearly revealed his charisma and statesmanship.
“Although he resigned his membership of the party last year based on principles, his fraternity with the party didn’t cease, neither did he stop giving us invaluable advice. We cherished his short but impactful association with the party leadership great virtues we will be missing in him.
“Certainly, Nigeria has lost an astute politician whose desire for a great nation was unquestionable. We believe that though he still has so much to offer this nation, death has brutally forced him to write the last chapter of his life.”
